Monday, October 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street

The media and the Republicans keep asking why everybody is so mad? "What do they want?" they ask. The various news outlets search until they find people in the crowd who can't seem to explain what all the fuss is about. They hardly ever find anyone who can explain clearly what the crowds want. I suspect this is on purpose. One reason it is so hard to explain is that there is not just one reason for the unrest.

Haven't you ever been so angry about so many things that you could hardly speak? I have. I am, in fact. This revolution has been a long time coming. I understand why the people are rising up. I probably couldn't explain it out loud or blog about it in less than 1,000 words. But, I know of someone who can..

Jim Hightower. In his blog, he explains, succinctly, that Americans are protesting because they want a return to "such old fashioned American fundamentals as economic fairness, social justice and equal opportunities for all." I couldn't have said it better.

I fully expect someone to peer into the cameras some day soon and intone the equivalent of "Let them eat cake."

I have been waiting for reasons from a number groups for 75 years, some well-known. "Economic fairness, social justice and equal opportunities" may summarize the unrest, but to these people the wors are just more empty rhetoric until there is action or creation of an environment that demonstrates these ideas are being implemented.

Looking to the Stars: I expect the media to just stop covering the protest soon.

NitWit1: Words are about all people have left when Congress, Wall Street, bit corporations and even the Supreme Court are in league against them. Let's just hope it doesn't turn violent, as it has in other countries.

About Me

This blog used to be called "Old Dog, New Trick", but it doesn't seem to fit, somehow. Oh, I'm still old, but I learned this new trick (blogging) years ago, so it's an old trick, now. Anyway, I love to read, watch movies, blog, travel whenever possible and gamble (slots). I tend to think everyone is entitled to my opionion, so you'll read a lot of that here. Feel free to disagree, nicely.